Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-17


plahse, but as for myself, with pardon for al
nv Sins offered me now and all the JOYS nf
ume aDdeiernitv offered me now, Instantly
take them rather than run the risk OF such
other chance a vie mon think they can peel
on or twist ont of a scripture pa sage that has
Tor all the Christian centuries been inter
preted another wav."
on say 81 do not like Princeton theO'-
ogN, or New Haven theology, or Andover the
ol"gv.' DO not ask you on board either OF
tGese great men-of- war, their port holes Dlicd
with the great siege guns of ecclesasticSl
OalIe. But do ask you to take tho ono
plRnk OF the gospel that you do believe IN and
1Irlke out for the pearl-strung beach Of
Heaven.
religion If was quite sure about the doctrine
OF election and free agency, but that mixes
me all up" Thee things used to bother me.
put | nave no more perplc kitty about them.
Tor say 10 myself: "If love Christ and live
u good. honest, useful life, am elected 10 he
saved; and If do not love Christ ana live
bad life | will be damned, and all the theo-
oglcal semnaries of the universe cannot
make it any different" / houndered u long
whlie IN the sea OF sin and doubt, and it. wa4
as rough as the metetlrranean on the four
teenth night when they throw the grain over
board, but s W there was mercy Cor a sin
per. and that p ank took. and ! have been
warming myself by the bright fire on the
shore for three decades
While am talking to another mau ahout
his vi he tells me. II do not become -
Christian because do not believe there IL
any hell at all" An! don't your Do a. the
peop e. OF all beliefs ard no belof at all. Of
good morals and bad mora 8, 20 straight to u
happy heaven9 DO the holy amt the dc-
Oauched have the Same destinations Atmid
night In hallway the owner of house ana a
urglar meet each other, and thev both irp
and both arc wounded. but the burglar dies
n iive minutes and the owner of tla house
lives week after. will the burglar be a. The
lie OF heaven waiiing when the house-owncr
comes inY WI | The debauchee and the ltbcr-
right Of
heaven? | wonder IL Herod Is playing on the
banks Of the River of Life with the children
he mdsstcred. | wonder If Charles Cutie al
tpd John Wilkes Booth are up there shooting
at mark. 10 not now cOntroveTt IT, Al
though must say that for such ms r1b,e
heaven nave no admiration But the Bible
does not say believe In perditiou and lie
saved" Because all are eavel, according 10
a. Sur theory, thaL ousht not TO keep YOU from
IoNIng and serving CnTist. Do not refuse to
c c3meN ashore because n | the Others. according
10 yuur theory are going o get ashore. You
NAV hawk different theory about chemistry
,tbout nrtr,Snomy, about the atmosphere, from
nat winch NQtnerF. adopt, but you are not
therefore hindGs fr&m. action. Beca"se
YOUR theory OF ghl is din. trenI from oihcrS'
20 not refuse to open yohr eyes; Becau'e
vour theOryOf AIR is diieren[ YOU 90 not fe.
fuse to brea he. Because Otr theory ABOUT
he stellar system IA different Nou 90 noG re-
fuse to acGnowedse the NortR ,CsI aI"Ti ,nria ny
-nould the fact that your theolOsAch' tueorle7
are different hinder YOU from &itIng upon
what You snow? If yoa have not aS.lole
ship fashioned in the theological dry docNs-
q bring YOU to wharfage you niavo at least
a plank: "Some on broken p,eces of the
ship"
But don't believe in revivalsw Then 20
10 your room. and "a alone with your door
Ockcd give your no .rt to God and join some
church where the thermometer never gets
higher than fty in the shade. But do moi
btIeve in BaptismH Come in without 10
and settle that matter afterward. "Eut
hs4r "a IA m IAN tttCn 4 hi
Then come IN and show them by gopG eX-
mple how profess RS ought g. act "But !
don't beheve 10 the Old Testament Tnen
Book Of homansn' Then come in on Matthew
Jr Luke. Refusing t0cpme to Christ, whom
YOU admit TO be the Saviour OF the lost.
because you cannot admit other thlng..
you arc like man out there
n that Mediterranean tempest ami
.osse1 IN the Melita breakers, refusing TO
iome ashore until he can meud The pieces Of
he bros en- ship: | hear him say: 81 won't
20 IN on any OF these panks until I know IN
what part of he ship they belong. When !
IA get the Wlndlass in the right pl CO and
'aIes set, and that keel-pece where 10 be-
Ongs, aud that door timber right. and these |
'opes untangled, will go Ashore. / am an
I'D sailor aud know all about ships for forty !
Years and as soon ~ | can get the vessel |
liiOat in good III lp will come in." man |
iritting Dy on iece OF wood Overhears him !
md says: lyon &" i'll drown before you get |
hat ship reconstructed, Better d. as / am |
iOlng. | know nothing about ships. and |
never saw one before | came on board tbis
INA | cannot swim IL stroke, but | sm going |
lsh Ire on this shivered timber" The N IN IN |
he oHlng whi!e trying to mend his chip goes !
iOwn. The man who trusted to the plank IS |
avcd. .. my brother, let your emAshed-up |
,y-tem Of theology gp TO th- .rilom while |
you com" in on splintered spar! "SOme |
IN broken pieces OF the ship" |
You may get all your difficulties settled rs !
Iar Oaldi, the mag etlC Italian. got his gar
ie made. When the war between Austria |
Ind SsrdDta broke out he Was Iiv ng q !
japrera. very rough aad uncultured and |
nome. But he went forth with his sword TO |
tchleve the Liberation OF Naples AID sicily. |
tnd gave nine million people free government |
lnder Victor Emm inuel. Garibald after |
Ieing absent two cara from 'aprora, re-
hat s home had by VctOr kmmanuel a. a |
urprise been Eden zed. Trimmed shrubberv |
al taken the y ace OF thOrny tnicket-, gar
lens the pace OF barrenness, and the old |
OUkery In which nc once lived had gwen wav |
% pictured mansion. where he lived IN |
mlO-L the rest of his dtys. And tell you |
+ you WI come AMI enlist under the banner
II our Victor EmmHnusl, and follow Him |
through thick ana thin, aud hght His battles |
MT eudure His sacrifices, you wi find after
while mat lie has changed your heart from |
jungle OF thorny skeptcems INTO garden |
M ablpom win luXurlant joy hat you have /
lever dr-amt Of From "A Tan gled Caprera |
VI sadness 70 a Paradise II God!
| do not know how your theological system |
vent 70 piH'C7s ~ may 10 bHtL AO pdfcnLs I
tarted you with only one ank, and /
'Ou believe little or nothing. Or they NAV |
AVE been too rlgld or severe In religious dis
lpOine. a1d cracked you over the head with
psalm.Do *. IL may be hat some partner
n business VINO was "A mefnUer Of the Evan
elical Church played Oh you a trick that dis
listed sou wlih re igion. II may be that you !
ave associates who nave talked against
,hrlstiauity In your presence until you are
all At sci - and you dYell more on thtnss
hat you do n t believe than on things you do
cheve. You are III one respect ike Lord
'elsjn, when signal was lifted that he wish
al 10 disregard and he put his sea- ass TO
lis blnd e. q and said: ''I really do not see
be signal" O, my hearer, put this ie -gla-s
/ the Gospel no longer TO your blind eve, and
ay 1 cannot see, but put II to your other eye,
he eve Ol faItn, and you will see Christ, and
H. Is AL you need TO FEC.
III you can believe othing ese, you can cer-
ainly believe In ycariOus suffering, for you
&c IL almost 4 cry day In slme IN ape. Last
lonth the eh lmship knickerbockcr. of the
,rOmweIl line, eunning between New Or
saus and here, was In great storms. and the
,aptain and crew saw ihe schooner Mary ID.
trimmer, OF Philadelphia, In distress The
godther cold, the waves mountain high. the
r9t Oilicer Of the steamship ana four men
ut out Ia lite-bOat 10 save the crew OF the
snooner. and reached the vessel and tOwed
out Of danger tue ind shifting 80 that the
,hooner was saved. But the iiye men Of the
tcamsh p coming back. their boat capsizsd.
CT righted Hgaiu and came on, tho sal ,ors
Iated with ice. The boat oapsized again, tnd
lree times upset and was righted, and a
nc Was thro wn the poor fellows, but their
ands and arms were frozen 80 they could not
nd they Wout down never % rise I'll the sea
lVes ND ItA dead. AuUrcCiaLg that heroistn